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Top 100 Companies

Rank

Company

City

Business

Employees

1

Lockheed Martin

Bethesda

Aerospace/Defense

149,000
2

General Dynamics

Falls Church

Manufacturing/Defense

43,000
3

Marriott International

Bethesda

Lodging

143,000
4

US Airways Group Inc.

Arlington

Airline

46,300
5

Gannett Co. Inc.

Arlington

Media

45,400
6

America Online

Dulles

Internet Service

14,000
7

Sodexho Marriott

Gaithersburg

Food Service

103,000
8

Crestline Capital Corp.

Bethesda

Hotel Leasing

80
9

Nextel Communications

Reston

Wireless Telecom

15,000
10

AES Corp.

Arlington

Energy Production

14,500
11

Danaher Corp.

D.C.

Manufacturing

1,900
12

Columbia Energy Group

Herndon

Energy Services

9,632
13

U.S. Office Products Co.

D.C.

Office Products

13,265
14

Lafarge Corp.

Reston

Construction Materials

10,500
15

PEPCO

D.C.

Electric Utility

3,603
16

Washington Post Co.

D.C.

Media

9,010
17

Coventry Health Care

Bethesda

Managed Health Care

2,670
18

NVR Inc.

McLean

Home Building

3,459
19

Magellan Health Services

Columbia

Behavioral Health Mgt

12,500
20

USEC Inc.

Bethesda

Energy

3,878
21

Harman Int'l Industries

D.C.

Audio Products

8,850
22

W.R. Grace & Co.

Columbia

Chemicals/Construction

6,300
23

Host Marriott Corp.

Bethesda

Hotel REIT

203
24

Mid Atlantic Medical

Rockville

Managed Health Care

2,813
25

MeriStar Hotels & Resorts

D.C.

Hotel Management

30,000
26

American Management

Fairfax

IT Consulting

8,998
27

Wash. Gas Light Co.

D.C.

Utility

2,117
28

U.S.A. Floral Products

D.C.

Floral Distributor

3,700
29

Orbital Sciences Corp.

Dulles

Space

5,200
30

Kaiser Group Int'l Inc.

Fairfax

Engineering

3,388
31

Global TeleSystems

Arlington

Telecommunications

2,900
32

Primus Telecom

McLean

Telecommunications

2,254
33

Fortress Group Inc.

McLean

Home Building

1,107
34

Rouse Co.

Columbia

Developer

4,140
35

Gov't Technology Svcs.

Chantilly

Computer Products

521
36

Snyder Communications

Bethesda

Marketing

7,441
37

Fairchild Corp.

Dulles

Aerospace

5,200
38

Comsat Corp.

Bethesda

Telecommunications

1,674
39

Metrocall Inc.

Alexandria

Telecommunications

3,750
40

PSINet Inc.

Herndon

Internet Access

4,150
41

Talk.com Inc.

Reston

Internet/Telecom

979
42

CarrAmerica Realty Corp.

D.C.

REIT

800
43

Avalonbay Communities

Alexandria

REIT

1,600
44

CACI International Inc.

Arlington

Information Systems

4,228
45

Life Technologies Inc.

Rockville

Biotechnology

2,145
46

MedImmune Inc.

Gaithersburg

Biotechnology

528
47

MeriStar Hospitality Corp.

D.C.

Hotels

10
48

Washington Homes Inc.

Landover

Home Building

677
49

Atlantic Coast Airlines

Dulles

Airline

2,545
50

Hanger Orthopedic Group

Bethesda

Patient Care

3,531
51

Micros Systems Inc.

Columbia

Hospitality

2,400
52

Maximus Inc.

McLean

Government Services

3,485
53

BTG Inc.

Fairfax

IT

1,500
54

Charles E. Smith

Arlington

REIT

2,710
55

Rowe Cos.

McLean

Furniture

3,500
56

Startec Global Comm.

Bethesda

Telecommunications

774
57

Nextlink Comm.

McLean

Broadband

3,500
58

World Airways Inc.

Herndon

Charter Airline

844
59

Federal Realty

Rockville

REIT

180
60

Sunrise Assisted Living

McLean

Assisted Living

9,932
61

E.spire Communications

Annapolis

Telecommunications

1,418
62

Criimi Mae Inc.

Rockville

REIT

154
63

Network Solutions Inc.

Herndon

Internet

900
64

Saga Systems Inc.

Reston

Software

910
65

Sunburst Hospitality

Silver Spring

Lodging

4,250
66

Condor Technology

Annapolis

IT

855
67

Arguss Holdings Inc.

Rockville

Telecommunications

1,560
68

EPlus Inc.

Herndon

Internet/B2B

246
69

Carey International Inc.

D.C.

Chauffeured Vehicles

1,400
70

Mills Corp.

Arlington

REIT

1,309
71

Hagler Bailly Inc.

Arlington

Consulting

776
72

GTS Duratek Inc.

Columbia

Pollution Control

1,020
73

Choice Hotels Int'l

Silver Spring

Hotel Franchising

2,100
74

VSE Corp.

Alexandria

Diversified

900
75

Manugistics Group Inc.

Rockville

Internet

871
76

MicroStrategy Inc.

Vienna

Software

2,050
77

OAO Technology

Greenbelt

Computer Servicing

2,200
78

Comp. Learning Centers

Fairfax

Technology Training

967
79

Allied Capital Corp.

D.C.

Financial Lending

130
80

Friedman, Billings

Arlington

Investment Banking

407
81

Global Vacation Group

D.C.

Vacation Planning

1,000
82

RWD Technologies Inc.

Columbia

IT

1,101
83

Washington REIT

Rockville

REIT

243
84

Axent Technologies Inc.

Rockville

Computer Security

640
85

Spacehab Inc.

D.C.

Aerospace Services

793
86

OneMain.com Inc.

Reston

Internet Service

1,300
87

Deltek Systems Inc.

McLean

Software

642
88

Radio One Inc.

Lanham

Radio

700
89

Visual Networks Inc.

Rockville

Internet

281
90

American Mobile Satellite

Reston

Communications

498
91

Netplex Group Inc.

Reston

e-Business solutions

720
92

TeleCorp PCS Inc.

Arlington

Wireless Telecom

2,000
93

First Washington Realty

Bethesda

REIT

70
94

FTI Consulting Inc.

Annapolis

Litigation Services

486
95

Proxicom Inc.

Reston

Internet Consulting

692
96

Halifax Corp.

Alexandria

Technology Services

649
97

LaSalle Hotel Properties

D.C.

Hotel REIT

21
98

Capital Automotive REIT

McLean

REIT

18
99

LCC International Inc.

McLean

Telecommunications

713
100

Trex Co. Inc.

Winchester

Specialty lumber

325


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